03/2018: Tic-Tac-Toe – Game Changer
Hurricane Maria changed Puerto Rico’s economic forecast
Despite geopolitical tensions between the US and North Korea, most of the world and the US posted gains in real economic growth during FY2017. On November 2016, President Trump was elected in the US and Governor Rosello was elected in PR. A lot has happened since then: a US Congress mandated oversight fiscal board with ample powers over the Island; two hurricanes in September 2017 that left destruction and devastation in an economy already in economic depression; destruction of infrastructure, and a flurry of reforms and fiscal plans. Economic recovery in PR will take many years; require billons of disaster monies; and a transformation of our economy towards other key sectors, besides manufacturing. Governance has become more complex with clashes between the PR Government and the Oversight Fiscal Board. The impossible occurred when bankruptcy proceedings for PR under Title III of PROMESA began in May 2017. Find out how Tic-Tac-Toe impacts Puerto Rico’s economic outlook.